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+title: ARCHER2 Weekly Newsletter
+date: 2024-12-11 11:00:00
+author: ARCHER2 Service
+tags: [newsletters] 
+categories: [news]
+---
+
+- [Forge license boost]({{ page.url }}#forge-license-boost-wb-16th-december) w/b 16th December
+- [ARCHER2 Calendar 2025]({{ page.url }}#archer2-calendar-2025) - sign up for your copy
+- [Data carpentry]({{ page.url }}#data-carpentry), Cardiff, 30 - 31 January 2025 09:30 - 17:00 GMT
+- [Recently added known issues]({{ page.url }}#recently-added-known-issues)
+- [Upcoming ARCHER2 training]({{ page.url }}#upcoming-archer2-training)  
+
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+
+## Forge license boost w/b 16th December
+
+
+The Forge license will be increased from 16 nodes to 64 nodes for one week beginning 16th December. For details of DDT and MAP see https://docs.archer2.ac.uk/data-tools/arm-forge/
+
+
+## ARCHER2 Calendar 2025
+
+As in previous years, we have produced a printed calendar featuring some of the images from the competition – you are most warmly invited to [sign up to receive a copy](https://bit.ly/ARCHER2-Calendar-2025), and these will be posted out in time for the new year.
+
+
+## Data carpentry
+
+Cardiff, 30 - 31 January 2025 09:30 - 17:00 GMT
+
+Data Carpentry workshops will focus on introductory computational skills needed for data management and analysis in all domains of research. It is ideal training for researchers wishing to learn how to use open source tools to make their research open and reproducible. you do not need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.
+
+This two-day workshop will cover:
+
+-     Data Organization in Spreadsheets
+-     Data Cleaning with OpenRefine
+-     Data Analysis and Visualization in R
+-     Data Management with SQL
+
+This workshop uses a tabular ecology dataset from the Portal Project Teaching Database and teaches data cleaning, management, analysis, and visualization. would use.
+
+There are no pre-requisites, and the materials assume no prior knowledge about the tools. We use a single dataset throughout the workshop to model the data management and analysis workflow that a researcher
+
+[Full details and registration]( https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/#upcoming-training)
+
+
+## Recently added known issues
+
+The "[Known Issues](https://docs.archer2.ac.uk/known-issues/)" page of the ARCHER2 Documentation
+<https://docs.archer2.ac.uk/known-issues/>
+lists all current open known issues including a description of the issue, its symptoms and any work-arounds.
+
+No recent issues.
+
+
+## Upcoming ARCHER2 Training
+
+- [Message-passing Programming with MPI](https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/courses/210000-mpi-self-service/), Online, Always open - self-service  
+- [Shared Memory Programming with OpenMP](https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/courses/210000-openmp-self-service/), Online, Always open - self-service 
+- [Hands-on Introduction to HPC](https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/courses/240000-intro-hpc-self-service/), Online, Always open - self-service     <br><br>
+- [Data Carpentry](https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/courses/250130-data-carpentry/), Cardiff, 30 - 31 January 2025 09:30 - 17:00 GMT
+
+[Further details of upcoming training](https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/#upcoming-training)
+
+We always welcome researchers wishing to present their work in a webinar - please contact the [Service Desk](https://www.archer2.ac.uk/support-access/servicedesk.html) if you would be interested in presenting your work.
+
+[Twitter](https://twitter.com/ARCHER2_HPC)
+
+[Recordings of past courses](https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/materials/)
+
+[Recordings of past virtual tutorials](https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/materials/webinars)